Pains in chest

[joesmom1126]

My son says that he has pains in his chest alot.  Has anyone else experienced this during tx? Could it be heartburn? He brought it to his doctor's attention and his doctor told him that he never heard of anyone complain of pains in chest.  He told him to go to the ER for a chest xray and an EKG which my son feels isn't necessary.  He's had it for almost 6 weeks now!  Should I be worried?  

[mythoughts]

That is crazy. My doctor gave me a list of side effects and the likelihood of experiencing them and this is what is says under cadiovascular:

Less likely category: flushing

Rare but serious category: Arrhythmia, myocardial infarction, hypotension, endocarditis, hypertension, chest paint, congestive heart failure

So for a doctor to completely dismiss chest pain (of all things!) concerns me a great deal.

[rockymoe]

I agree with you if you don't like and trust your doctors find a new one. This treatment is hard to go thru and you need someone you can can trust. I love my doc.and my np's they are my biggest cheerleaders. Like you said would you take your car to a mechanic you don't like or is ripping you off. I wouldn't.
BoceprevirGal I hope you are in counceling. If you have tooth issues you need to have it treated. In my case I was in agony and couldn't wait for the root canal.

[BoceprevirGal]

A few other factors that I feel have gotten in the way, with me advocating for my own health, is the fact that I had a drug problem early on in my life, so I didn't go to high school, or College, so I tend to feel quite intimidated by College educated people, which I'm sure many people can pick up on.
   Secondly, I have little or no support from my family, and have had struggles with domestic abuse, thru-out my life, which has alienated me, from recieving support from family and friends.
  These are not excuses, but I feel like I definitely have PTSD  trauma, just from having gone thru the addiction, the homelessness, being poor, at or below the poverty line, for the past 35 yrs of my life, and from spending time in Jail, etc-

[FaithforHealing]

Some insurance companies have these "1-800 nurse hotlines" and I can tell you if one called to talk about the chest pains they were experiencing, the conversation would immediately end with the nurse saying, "Hang up and call 911."

[FaithforHealing]

My exact thoughts upon reading one of the prior posts! You took the words right out of my mouth.....well, tapped em out on the keyboard. Thanks

[BoceprevirGal]

I was told kind of suddenly, that my platelets were low, and my FibroSure test had me at stage 4. I then did a bx, which had me at stage 2, but I since my platelets had dropped, I was in a panic to start treatment.
   I think, because of the decline in our economy, not as many Doctors want to take my medical Insurance now,  I have a low paying job, etc.
  My PCP only gave me one refferal, to a Gastro, but he no longer was treating for Hepatitis, he said, because he no longer had a P.A. working for him. He told me to come back next year, for my first colonoscopy (I turn 50 yrs soon) and sent me on my way, with no other referral.
  I live in Oakland, and at that point, I was having terrible roving muscle cramps, joint pain and dislocations, and lower back ache, which got worse with driving. I  felt like it would be too hard to drive to S.F. I remembered a few people who had been cured, at the clinic I go to (OASIS) so I went there, because it was the only place in Oakland that I could find!